Team building activity

Information for organisers

Treasure Hunt Nottingham is a great activity for your team-building event, office away day or an activity to bring together remote teams.

We’ve organised hundreds of excellent experiences, catering for groups of 6—200!

A group of colleagues enjoying a treasure hunt, stood in the sunshine.
5 colleagues posing outside a catherdral playing a treasure hunt.
A group of people playing a treasure hunt on their phones outside a church.
Four people posing by a flood sign while out on a treasure hunt as part of their work do.
A large group of people outside a church ruin, playing a treasure hunt
A large group of workmates, dressed up as pirates with inflatable swords, out on a treasure hunt

How the game works

The game works like a Whatsapp Group chat with a pirate character who leads each team around Nottingham. They have to figure out cryptic clues by finding things in the city.

Everyone in a team can access their link on their own phones. They all see each others' messages just like a group chat.

Screenshot of a group message

Demo game: Treasure Hunt Nottingham

Here’s a demo game (open on your phone):

https://treasurehuntnottingham.com/demo

Split into teams of 6

For big groups we suggest breaking into teams of up to 6.

Each team should start 5 minutes apart. That way they aren’t on each others' toes but they’ll see each other at any planned breaks along the way.

Duration & breaks

The game takes 2-3 hours depending on breaks.

We recommend planning in a break at one of Nottingham’s excellent venues along the way.

Here’s a map of Nottingham showing the full route (no spoilers!):

https://treasurehuntnottingham.com/route

Start and end points

The game starts at the front of St Peter’s Church and takes them on a fixed route that we’ve carefully designed.

It ends at outside St Mary’s on High Pavement.

Make it a competition

Each team gets a score that’s calculated when they’ve finished all the clues.

To get a perfect score, they’d need to get every clue right first time with no hints.

We suggest competing on score rather than time as it’s nicer to ṫake your time rather than rushing.

You can see team scores on your leaderboard:

Leaderboard page showing multiple teams

During the day, you can watch the progress of teams. The leaderboard shows how many clues each team has completed in real-time.

How to book

Pay by card

It costs £9.99 per person (including VAT).

The fastest and easiest way is to book online and pay by card.

You’ll get all your games and instructions instantly.

We’re flexible: you can add and remove people right up until the day before the event.

Pay by invoice

If you haven’t finalised numbers, you can request a quote and pay later by invoice.

If you accept the quote, we’ll create your games and send your instructions.

You can add and remove people right up until the day before the event.

We’ll raise an invoice after the event.

To request a quote, go to our booking page, enter your provisional date and numbers, then scroll to the bottom.

You allocate teams

You’ll get an email with a unique link for each team.

As the organiser, you allocate people into teams and give the links to the people in each team.

Need help?

Get in touch and we’ll sort you out.

Ready to book?

Book online now.

Really good fun

I took my small team on this as a team building exercise and a way to get to know Nottingham. This was really great and a fantastic way to get to know each other without doing a bunch of ice breakers that everyone hates! We got to see each other's strengths and weaknesses and how we work as a team. Some stages are a bit trickier than others, especially if you have somehow forgotten the name of some very famous Nottinghamshire legends? I would highly recommend it!

“We have lived in Nottingham for 12 years and learned loads of new things and saw new gems we never noticed before. The clues were at a great level for our mixed age family group... We plan to visit all the other cities on their treasure map list to do more - loads of fun and educational too. Highly recommend to all”

—Bronwen M, Tripadvisor

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Telephone: 0115 647 3933
Text us: 07380 309380

The Merry Meander starts from:
St Peter's Church, Nottingham, NG1 2NW